In an interview with Auto Express, Honda's head of BEV development expressed the difficulties in translating the high-performance Type R brand to an EV.

Honda wants the Civic Type R to stick around in the electric era, though only if future versions are as fun to drive as the ...

Could Honda's iconic Type R badge ever go electric?According to Honda, the answer isn’t simple.The automaker is carefully ...

Toshihiro Akiwa, head of Honda’s electric vehicle development center, spoke with British magazine Auto Express at CES in Las Vegas during the reveal of its latest 0 Series prototypes about what goes ...

In an interview with Auto Express (via Motor1), the head of Honda’s Japanese BEV Development Center Toshihiro Akiwa, explained why Honda can’t just slap a Type R badge on an EV and call it a day. “A ...

Honda has been discussing the prospects of an electric Type R since 2020. A couple of years later, the CTR's lead engineer lamented how stricter emissions regulations are forcing automakers to ...

However, the Japanese automaker hasn't backed down on this ambition yet, with Toshihiro Akiwa, head of Honda's BEV Development Center, going on record to confirm so, along with the current ...

Just like the Toyota Supra, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, or Porsche 911, the Honda Civic Type R is a legendary performance vehicle ...

Even though Honda has made some of the best hot hatches ever, it’s struggling to infuse “the joys of driving” into an EV.